Lithuania
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
65.8composite, 0–100
18 / 45rank · 17 of 27 in EU-27
+0.8change since 2015, time-varying indicators
LithuaniaEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 68.9 | 19 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 54.8 | 29 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 65.0 | 22 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 63.1 | 16 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 9 / 16 |
| Financial | 77.0 | 11 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 65.8 | 18 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 39 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
LithuaniaEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Government Programme section 'Social Economy Development and Employment and Entrepreneurship Support' (XIX/XX Government Programmes; 2025) · source | 2/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Economy and Innovation (EIMIN) and Ministry of Social Security and Labour (SADM); Innovation Agency manages status registry · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Law on Public Procurement (reserved contracts/social criteria); SRPP promotion by SADM · source | 1/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Law on Small and Medium Business Development (amended 2023): 'social business' and 'social business entity' · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Law on Small and Medium Business Development amendment No. XIV-2375 (14 Dec 2023) and EIMIN Order No. 4-532 (9 Oct 2024) on social business · source | 1/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Innovation Agency social business portal; accelerator/training initiatives; LiSVA; LEADER local action groups · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 MoI Social Business Support Rules under ERDF Priority 4 (cite SEAP); ESF+/ERDF urban LDS (47 strategies, EUR 42.33m); LEADER/EAFRD rules wit | 2/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 None dedicated; adjacent: SADM NGO Action Plan 2025-2027 (EUR 5.169m/yr incl. NGO Fund), national co-financing of CLLD/LEADER and urban LDS · source | 1/2 |
Policy composite 64.6 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Lithuania: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/lithuania/